Oscar Casares

Oscar Cásares (born May 7, 1964) is an American writer and associate professor of creative writing. He is the author of Brownsville: Stories, Amigoland, and Where We Come From. Cásares teaches at the University of Texas at Austin where he is director of the Creative Writing Program.

Honors

 * Guggenheim Fellowship (2020)
 * National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2006)
 * James A. Michener Award, Copernicus Society of America, Iowa Writers' Workshop (2002)
 * Dobie Paisano Fellowship, Texas Institute of Letters, University of Texas (2002)

Books

 * Where We Come From (May 21, 2019) ISBN 978-0525655435
 * Amigoland (August 10, 2009) ISBN 0316159697
 * Brownsville: Stories (March 6, 2003) ISBN 0316146803

Selected Essays

 * "Imaginary Friends," Texas Monthly, December 2010
 * "The Departed," Texas Monthly, April 2010
 * "You Must Read This: The Burning Plain," National Public Radio, October 2009
 * "Grass Roots," Texas Monthly, December 2008
 * "Ready for Some Futbol?", Texas Monthly, November 2006
 * "In the Year 1974", Texas Monthly, March 2005
 * "Crossing the Border Without Losing Your Past," New York Times, September 2003